playoff predictions

This handy little chart (below) , beautifully (cough cough) formatted by yours truly, lists all of the Illegal Curve contributors predictions for the upcoming playoff run. A few interesting things to note about the predictions: 1) The New York Rangers might as well not bother to show up. Eight predictors, eight Washington victories predicted. 2) The goaltending disparity between Chris Osgood/Ty Conklin and Steve Mason is weighing heavily on the minds of the predictors. 3) Anaheim is a team to be feared and avoided? Not according to the IC team who feel, by a seven to one margin, that the Sharks will get by their in-state cousins. 4) Four series are to close to call (Car-NJ, Pitt-Phil, CBJ-Det, and Cgy-Chi). Despite this, the only team to receive two votes for Cup champion are the New Jersey Devils, who four predictors believe won't even get out of the first round. 5) Along the same lines of the Devils winning the cup, Zach Parise receives two votes for Conn Smythe. 6) We invite all of our Illegal Curve readers to submit their own predictions. I would be pleased to add it to the chart below upon receiving them. If we get enough entries, perhaps we will even offer a touque as a prize once I figure out some sort of convoluted scoring method. Please send your predictions to drew@illegalcurve.com . If you don't want to be subjected to ridicule over bad predictions, but still wish to comment on our predictions (cowards!), please comment below. 2009 1st Round Playoff Predictions DREW RICH DAVE KYLE winner games winner games winner games winner games Boston vs Montreal BOS 7 BOS 5 BOS 5 BOS 5 Washington vs New York WASH 5 WASH 6 WASH 6 WASH 6 New Jersey vs Carolina CAR 6 NJ 7 CAR 7 CAR 7 Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh PITT 7 PHIL 7 PITT 6 PITT 7 San Jose vs Anaheim SJ 6 SJ 7 SJ 6 SJ 6 Detroit vs Columbus DET 6 CBJ 7 DET 6 CBJ 7 Vancouver vs St. Louis VAN 7 VAN 6 VAN 5 STL 5 Calgary vs Chicago CGY 7 CGY 7 CHI 6 CHI 6 Eastern Conf Champion WASH PHI CAR BOS Western Conf Champion SJ VAN DET CBU Stanley Cup Champion WASH PHI DET BOS Conn Smythe Winner OVECHKIN RICHARDS HOSSA THOMAS ARI ADAM NEIL EZZY winner games winner games winner games winner games Boston vs Montreal BOS 4 MTL 7 BOS 6 MTL 7 Washington vs New York WASH 5 WASH 5 WASH 5 WASH 7 New Jersey vs Carolina CAR 6 NJ 6 NJ 5 NJ 6 Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh PITT 7 PHIL 7 PITT 6 PHIL 7 San Jose vs Anaheim SJ 7 ANA 7 SJ 7 SJ 4 Detroit vs Columbus CBJ 6 DET 6 CBJ 7 DET 6 Vancouver vs St. Louis VAN 6 VAN 5 VAN 5 VAN 5 Calgary vs Chicago CHI 5 CGY 6 CHI 6 CGY 7 Eastern Conf Champion BOS NJ WASH NJ Western Conf Champion SJ ANA VAN DET Stanley Cup Champion SJ NJ VAN NJ Conn Smythe Winner SETOGUCHI PARISE LUONGO PARISE

Illegal Curve 2009 1st Round Playoff Predictions